The Role of EMS in Palliative Extubation
A review of EMS palliative extubation for patient-centered end of life care
January 19, 2025
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Adrenal Crisis and Addison’s Disease: What EMS Needs to Know
What EMS should know about adrenal insufficiency
October 9, 2024
Article Bites #50: Comparative Effectiveness of Analgesics to Reduce Pain in the Prehospital Setting
Article Bite review of a paper comparing the effectiveness of analgesics in reducing pain in the prehospital setting.
June 18, 2024
Article Bites #49: Defibrillation Strategies for Refractory Ventricular Fibrillation
Summary of NAEMSP Position Statement about the care of agitated or combative patients
May 29, 2024
Pediatric Cervical Spine Injury and Immobilization
Literature review of pediatric cervical spine injury and immobilization
May 12, 2024
Article Bites #48: Clinical Care and Restraint of Agitated or Combative Patients
Summary of NAEMSP Position Statement about the care of agitated or combative patients
April 15, 2024
Article Bites #47: Appropriate Air Medical Utilization
Summary of NAEMSP Position Statement on Air Medical Services Utilization
March 5, 2024
Can Situational Awareness Be Taught?
What is the literature regarding situational awareness in EMS and healthcare?
February 6, 2024
Commercial Tourniquet Use in Pediatrics
Article by Veronica “Vee” Smith, MD Case It’s 11 o’clock in the morning on a sunny autumn day. Your radio alerts you about a mass casualty event and you are then dispatched to what turns out to be a school shooting. The estimated casualty count is over 20 with an unknown number of injured victims
September 14, 2023
Complexity
EMS Perspectives: An OpEd Page on the History and Future of EMS By Clayton Kazan, MD, MS, FACEP, FAEMS So we are about 54 years into the pilot project that is EMS and paramedicine. That we would even exist, much less thrive, years later, was viewed by many as highly improbable at the time. The
April 26, 2023